I saw this video & felt compelled to share it. Powerful story of grace – reflected both horizontally with man & vertically with Christ. (HT: Jason Kovacs)
Archive for December, 2009
Isaiah’s Story: A Beautiful Rescue
Posted in Orphan Care, Videos, tagged Adoption, gospel, mercy, Orphan Care on December 31, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Happy birthday to my first born son…
Posted in Family, Kids, Photos, tagged 2002, Birthday, December 29 on December 29, 2009 | 3 Comments »
December 29, 2002 – seven years ago today the Lord blessed me with one of the greatest gifts ever – my firstborn baby….my boy, Daniel. I can scarcely believe that he is seven years old today. How is it possible that seven years have passed in the blink of an eye? Happy birthday buddy! We love [...]
I’d love for you to meet Wu Chang Shun…aka Joshua!
Posted in Family, Kids, Orphan Care, Photos on December 23, 2009 | 10 Comments »
I’d love to introduce you to my new son – Wu Chang Shun (or Joshua). Missy & I received pre-approval from the Chinese government (CCAA) to move forward with adopting Chang Shun – a sweet little 2 ½ year old boy. He’s currently living with a foster family in Wuhan City in the Chinese province of Hubei. [...]
The Weight of Glory (Part 2 of 3)
Posted in Spirituality / Theology, tagged C.S. Lewis, Christ, Heaven, The Weight of Glory on December 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday I shared Tozer’s chapter on The Blessedness of Possessing Nothing from his timeless book entitled The Pursuit of God. The second of my top three chapters from outside the Bible comes from C.S. Lewis’ book titled, The Weight of Glory and Other Addresses. This book is a collection of nine addresses or sermons that C.S. [...]
The Blessedness of Possessing Nothing (Part 1 of 3)
Posted in Spirituality / Theology, tagged James Madison University, Matthew 5:3, The Pursuit of God, Tozer on December 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Over the next couple of days I am going to share three of the most impactful chapters I’ve read outside of the Bible. The first one is from A.W. Tozer’s book entitled The Pursuit of God: Chapter 2: The Blessedness of Possessing Nothing. I first read this book back at James Madison University - maybe 13 or 14 years ago. [...]
Revisiting Abigail’s Adoption
Posted in Family, Kids, Orphan Care, tagged Adoption, CCAI, China, Leventhal on December 21, 2009 | 2 Comments »
We received word from our adoption agency (CCAI) that our application has been approved! So we are good to start the paper chase to bring home another family member. As we’ve started mentally & emotionally gearing up for this adoption marathon I’ve found myself reflecting on Abigail’s adoption. I figured it might be fun to [...]
Global Orphan Numbers – Updated Estimates
Posted in Orphan Care, tagged Christian Alliance for Orphans, Orphan Care, orphans on December 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
From my friends over at the Christian Alliance for Orphans: Our friend Dr. Susan Hillis of the CDC is one of the world’s top researchers on the relationship between HIV/AIDS and a host of issues facing orphans. (Incidentally, she’ll be presenting at Summit VI on this topic in April.) Yesterday, Dr. Hillis shared with us [...]
Adoption with a capital A
Posted in Orphan Care, Spirituality / Theology, tagged ABBA Fund, Adoption, Christ, Dan Cruver, Dwain Gullion, gospel, Hope for Orphans, Jason Kovacs, Jason weber, Justification, Paul Pennington, salvation, Together for Adoption on December 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I had the chance to spend some time yesterday with Dan Cruver (Together for Adoption), Jason Kovacs & Dwain Gullion (ABBA Fund), & two of the men I work with at Hope for Orphans Paul Pennington & Jason Weber. We had a great day of meeting – prayer, vision casting & dreaming about what the [...]
Five reasons why are we adopting again…
Posted in Adoption, Family, Kids, Orphan Care, Spirituality / Theology, tagged Adoption, CCAI, China, Leventhal, orphan on December 11, 2009 | 19 Comments »
Missy & I have decided to pursue another adoption – this time a little boy from China. This will bring the total number of kids in our house to 5. Undoubtedly we are going to get the “why” question. So, I figured a small preemptive strike might be helpful for two reasons: (1) it will [...]
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